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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

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Statistics Outgrows All Other STEM Fields From 2010-2013. The ASA analysis showed undergraduate statistics degrees nearly doubled (95% growth rate) during the period spanning 2010 to 2013. FASTEST-GROWING STEM UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES 2010–2013. From a press release. Increase # of 2013.

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.” For example, McGee shares excellent data about the high school graduating population dropping recently, then flatlining for the next decade (23-24).

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.” For example, McGee shares excellent data about the high school graduating population dropping recently, then flatlining for the next decade (23-24).

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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

Many states either were not tracking them at all or were using widely disparate formulas that made state-by-state comparisons impossible. In a recent report, Education Week dug deep into student proficiency rates on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) from 2003 through 2015. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J.

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

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And if for some reason you need more ideas than what’s here—or if you’re just feeling nostalgic, as is befitting this time of year—take a look at our lists from 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009. Wow, we’ve been at this for a long time! Board Games.

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Black teachers matter, for students and communities

The Hechinger Report

The black count dropped slightly in 1990 to 66 percent, but took a precipitous dive between 2000 and 2010, tumbling from 60 to 51 percent in that ten-year span. Charter schools in the district have different grade configurations and staffing considerations, precluding an apple-to-apples comparison. stood at approximately 46 percent.

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The looming decline of the public research university

The Hechinger Report

In fact, the researchers who run this year-old, $750,000 lab at OSU’s Spine Research Institute resort often to Hollywood comparisons. The University of Iowa rose from sixtieth in 2008 to a peak of thirty-ninth in 2010, but has since fallen back to forty-ninth. It’s a reveal reminiscent of a James Bond movie.